WELD COUNTY - The victims killed in Sunday's plane crash near the Erie Municipal Airport have been identified.

Family members say 67-year-old Oliver Frascona, the pilot, who also had the plane registered to his company, was killed in the crash. The other four people on board were identified as 41-year-old Tori Rains-Wedan and her three children: 15-year-old Mason Wedan and 11-year-old twins Austin and Hunter Wedan.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine Piper PA 46 crashed under unknown circumstances. The plane had taken off from Centennial Airport, according to the NTSB, and was trying to land at Erie, its final destination, when it went down.

Erie Police Cmdr. Lee Mathis said the six-passenger plane crashed a few hundred yards northwest of the runway. Mathis said a dog was also aboard the plane. The dog did not survive the crash.

The crash was reported by a driver passing by the airport at 11:50 a.m.

Erie Police confirmed that two people were flown to hospitals from the scene. Officials confirmed that all five passengers had succumbed to their injuries at around 4:30 p.m.